Current Affairs 20th April

1. Renowned Hollywood Actress Doris Roberts Has Passed Away

2. William Bill Campbell, Silicon Valley Coach And Mentor Has Passed Away


3. Barack Obama nominates Indian-American Geeta Pasi as US envoy to ChadUS President

4. BCCI appoints Rahul Johri as its CEO

5. Affordable plotted housing policy notified in Haryana
-› The Haryana Government has notified its Affordable Plotted Housing Policy 2016 for low and medium potential towns under the Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojna.

6. Panasonic, US-based AES to install energy storage project in Haryana
-› Panasonic India and AES India Private Limited has announced an agreement to construct a 10 MW energy storage array at Panasonic's Technopark manufacturing facility in Jhajjar, Haryana.

7. RBL becomes first private sector bank to open dedicated branch for startups

8. Lanka to sign MoU with Japan, India for collaboration in science, technology
-› A Sri Lankan university will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan and India tomorrow on trilateral collaboration in science and technology.

9. Cabinet Approves Signing The Paris Agreement

10. MoU between India and Bhutan on Technical Cooperation

11-› India ranked at 133 on World Press Freedom Index

12. 2016 Pulitzer Prizes Announced
-› The 2016 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on 18th April in the US. It is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.